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Published 10:36 3 Aug 2022 BST
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Teeside Rigging & Lifting workers welcomed the "fantastic" gesture from Smith, TeesideLive reported, with one hoping "all companies and agencies will follow suit".
Smith, who started his firm in 2008, said he's "not responsible for other companies and how they treat their people" but he hopes it gives others "food for thought".
"We are living in unprecedented times with costs for everything going through the roof adding to pressure, stress, mental health and everything else for lads and lasses working and trying to make ends meet. Add into that working away and all that additional pressure that brings into play.
"So this is the way we will go forward, I can’t ask my lads and lasses for 100% and just give back 50%. I'm trying to build a business here and I can’t do it without good people.
"So we’re either in it together or we not, hope this may give other companies food for thought because it is possible."
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Smith sent out a letter to announce the pay rise to employees, one of whom proudly praised his boss on social media.
The boss has since been inundated with messages of support, but says the gesture wasn't able getting publicity for his company: "We haven't done this to say 'look at us'."
He explained that the union had asked for a 11.5% rise, which he had met and upped.
"We are doing bigger and better jobs and the reason we are winning those is, we've got good people," Smith explained.
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